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does not succeed. ,Finesses In partner's suit— usually uncalled for and tending to mislead themregarding the distribution of their suits.Failure to review the plays and byelimination read opponent's holdings, orforced lead.Failure to read and understand partner's forced leads — hasty conclusions,overlooking the fact that opponent mayhave opened the suit In which partnerwas strongest. •>*'¦'? ¦>Careless or indefensible discarding—which plsces partner al the mercy. of theadversaries. V r V s\Last, and worst of all— shifting to adversaries' tactics in the middle of a gameand expecting partner to understand achange for which he is totally unprepared.A deal where three tricks were lost, dueto unnecessary mistakes:N.B—Q, 9, 4.H.— 2. .£j_ g 7 5 8.• »• • E.S.-S. 8. 2. 2. D.-A. 7. 1H— A. K. 10. 4, 3. . C.-A. K. J. 4.C-— Q, &• H.-Q, 9, 8, 6, 5.D.-S,6l S.-5. ,8.B.-A. K, J. 10, 7.H-— J. 7.C.-10, 9. 1D.-r-Q, 6. 2.Queen of spades trump, leader East.TABLE NO. 1.Trk. N. E. B. W.1. 2h 6h Jh *Kh2. *9» - 6h 7h - Ah2. 4i 3d »Qd 6d4. »Qs 5s "7s 236. 4a 8h »JOs 6s«. 5o 4o • »As 8s7. 3c 7d »Ks 3s8. Jd «Ad 6d M9. 8o »Ac 2c 6c10. 7c Qh Ms 8hJli »9d 8h Id 4h12. »Kd Jo 8o lOh13. «10d ¦ Ko 10c QoNorth and South, 10. East and West, 3.Trick 1— At both tables East opens withthe heart six.Trick 2— Holding th« four and three.West knows that his partner almost surely opened a five-card suit and one of theopponents must be void. It looks asthough South was out and his Is presum-In Richmond he earned enough moneyto land him in Hampton with Just 50 centsin his pocket, and an appearance soagainst him that the head teacher hesitated to admit him.On hl3 first night away from home hawas to learn what It meant to have ablack skin. He applied for lodging at thehotel where the stage coach stopped and.was 'refused. Out under the stars howalked all night, to keep warm, andwonder what was to become of him if alldoors were closed to boys with a blackskin.After several days he reached Richmond, dirty, tired, hungry, penniless, everything but discouraged. He had neverbeen in a city before and did not knowwhat to do, bo he walked the streets until after midnight, then crept under asidewalk to rest as well as he could forthe tramping of feet overhead and theclamor of an empty stomach.Mere than a year he worked and waited.Then with but a half consent from hismother, and less than half enough moneyto take him to Hampton, he started. Hestill did not know where it was. Fivehundred miles would have seemed a longway, and It was long before he succeededIn covering It by walking and beggin?rides.But how? It required money, and upto this time all his wages had gone to hismother. He quit the mine ana hired himself as house boy to the wife of the zninaowner— a Yankee woman, who gave himhis first lessons in neatness, promptness,oider.He was puzzled, for he knew the teacher would demand two names, and he badbut one. But by the time the teacher gotaround to enroll him he had had an inspiration and he calmly announced thathis name was Booker Washington. Laterhe learned that his mother had namedhim Booker Tallaferro, and though thosecond part had been forgotten, he revived it.A few months of school, then back tothe salt furnace, and later to work asa "buddy" In a coal mine, with only thenight time for study. The darkness ofthe ccal mine was full of horror to thsboy and the dirt of it he hated, but itwi>s in the depths of this mine he firstbeard of Hampton. Two miners wers talking one day of this school for colored people and could they have peered Into thedarkness of the passage they would haveseen their "buddy" idle, wide-eyed, scarcebreathing lest they should discover himand cease talking.Ha did not know where Hampton was.He did not care. He only knew he wasgoing there.Ills mother had named him Booker, anold Virginia family name, and he was tooyoung to think of having any other untilhe went to school and found that all thechildren had at least two names, andsome three.By and by, however, the boy won andfor a few months was allowed to go toschool by getting up early and workinguntil 8 o'clock and returning to work afterschool. And Is there one who can blamshim for moving the hands of the clockforward a half hour each morning so thathe could get to school by 8 'o'clock andnot miss his recitations?At tchool he had a new difficulty to face— the question of a name.luck omens. On the other hand, h» believes Friday is his lucky day, for he canrecall many successful undertakings begun on Friday.In his first year, of freedom came thekeenest disappointment of the boy's life.It^was decided to open a school for colored people In the village of Maiden,where he worked, and now it seemed hlaone dream was to come true — he couldlearn to read. Somehow— no one careshow— his mother had already secured forhim an old Webster's blue-back spellingbook. Alone he had mastered most ofthe alphabet, but he could not buildwords with it.The school opened, but Booker's stepfather could not spare him from bis work.Day after day he saw the boys and girlspassing on their way to school, and all hecculd do was to practice making his "18"and stick closer to his old blue-back spelling book. He was determined to learnsomething anyway.ably- the weak hand, his partner being thsdealer. The trump would be risky fro:nWest's hand, but the supporting clubwould be a better lead than returning theheart. As It is, the weak trump handruffs.Trick 3— North makes an Invitation lead.West's lead would indicate that he hadno trump strength, or he would have le<*for the protection of the establishedhearts. There Is no prospect of doinganything with the stilt, and this look*like a good time for East to get in andrun.Trick 4— South draws the trumps for thepiotection of his partner's snlt. which "must be within one of establishment.Trick 10.— East's failure to go on withthe clubs can dnJy be accounted for onthe supposition that he credits South withthree clubs, a conclusion for which thereare no grounds. The lead of the heartqueen at this trick accounts for two ofthe tricks East and West lost upon th»deal.TABLE NO. 2.Tk. N. E. p. w 1. 2h 6h J h .JCh2. 4s 6s , 'As « s3. *Ql 3d 7g ,,4. «9d 7d 2d [d5. lOd »Ad Qd g,,6. 3c «Ac - c g<j7. Pc «Kc fi c Qc9. So 4o 7J, »3310. 5s 6h . .jo, Aha -Kd , Qh «r x js£orth and South. 7; East and West. «.Trick 2-West's lead from four smatltrumps and nothing In two suits Is a flyeT.A still better result will follow the leadof the strengthening card.Trick 3-^South shows complete- commandof the trump suit by his play at tricks 2ana 3.Trick 4— The finesse 13 obligatory.Trick &-East gets in and makes his winning clubs, which his opponents at th»other table failed to do.Trick play cf the spade queenat trick 3 must have deceived his partner, for if South counts West with two'trumps he will not pass this trick, buttrump in and draw the remaining trump*and discard his losing heart on his partner's long diamond, which would save atrick.After some hours the teacher told hintto sweep one of the rooms.This he felt was to b» his entrance examination, ond he knew he could pass,for he had been an apt pupil of a Yankeehousekeeper. Three times the room wasswept, four times dusted; and when thateacher— a Yankee, too— had looked in allthe corners and rubbed her handkerchiefon the walls, she told him he would doto enter the school.By doing janitor work h<> paid his waythrough Hampton and returned to Maidento teach school. A year of study in"Washington, more teaching at Maiden,and a return to Hampton to aid In the experiment of training Indians there— andthen Tuskegee, the tiptop of his heaxt'adesire.This man has had two consuming ambitions—to learn and to teach others. Howthese two thoughts have dominated hislife Is shown by his answer to the question of what stands out in his mind asthe greatest moment of his life."The greatest moment of my life," hesaid, "wa< when I received word thatHarvard University had decided to confera degree upon me."Next to this in Importance to me wasPresident McKlnley's consent to visit Tuskegee. These two things stand out in myUfa as the greatest events."To Booker Washington the Harvard degree meant recognition of what he hadfione for himself; and the visit of th«President of the United States to Tueskegee was recognizltlon of what he haddone for others.Hi» work is his life. Large offers ofmoney havo failed to turn him from it,though he Is practically a poor man Hissalary of I2C0O a year la barely enough tosupport his family and enable him to en.terrain the distinguished visitors who goto Tuskegefl as his guests.The present Mrs. Washington Is thethird one. and each wife has given herself wholly to the causa of educationalwork. The family consists of one daughter by the first wife and two sons by thesecond. What Mr. Washington countshis greatest hardship ia the necessity ofbeing so much away from home, but hislectures are the main source of revenuoof the Tuskegee Institute."My best rest and recreation," he says,"is an evening at home with my wife andchildren, or an afternoon In tha woodswith them."Gardening Is also a faTorite pastime,and an hour away from his office dlgrgrinxamong the Cowers or planting seeds is arare treat. He keeps a number of pigsand fowls of fine breedaj and acknowl. edges the pig his favorite animal. He Isnot fond of sports, never saw a game- offootball and does not know one card fromanother. He goes fishing now and then,but would rather have a game of marbleswith his two boys than anything else.He dreads speaking In public, sufferingeo much from nervousness before speaking that he has many times resolvoinever' again to make a speech. He likesbest to speak to an audience of businessmen, and next a Southern audience. Thesaare most responsive, he says, and a NewEngland audience Is always cold.He has a deeply religious nature, andnever goes upon the platform without aprayer. Every day ha is at home h»»makes a practice of reading a chapter inthe Bible first thing in the morning. Bythe rite of having been plunged In th9Kanawha River when he was about 13years old, he is a Baptist, though his religion Is bigger than any creed— it Is thareligion of doing good and helping others.On the subject of social equality ofblacks and whites, Booker Washingtonsays : ,"The outcome of the race problem Icannot foresee. I do not believe in Intermarriage. It Is not practical. The question cannot be solved that way."In all things purely social, we can b«as separate as the fingers, yet one as thahand In all things essential to mutualprogress."Booker Washington does not seek socialrecognition for himself. It has coma asn spontaneous tribute to him as an individual, and only those can understand Itwho have felt the force of his wonderfulpersonality. BERTHA II. SMITH.boy while still in slavery, I could cleanthe yards, carry water to the men in thefields, take corn to the mill or carry myyoung mistress' books to the schoolhousadoor."Going to the mill was the work he mostdreaded, for the corn was sure to shift inthe sack and make it fall off the horse,and there was nothing to do but sit stilland cry till some one came along to putthe sack of corn on the horse's back.This made him late at the mill and lategoing home through the woods, whichwere said to be full of soldiers who wouldcut oft little negroes' ears; and gettinghome late meant a scolding or a flogging.What a cbildhood! All work and whippings and "uniformed hobgoblins andglimpses into that paradise— a schoolhouse— which he might not enter."The first thing 1 can remember wishing for and making up my mind to havewas an education," continued Mr. Washington.It Is not fair to Booker T. Washington'smother to say that his only inheritancefrom her was ignorance and a slavesbonds. From her came his great ambitionand that strong, etraight-almed will thathas toppled down obstuc:es like so manyten-p'.ns. And wherever this ambition directed him, there stood his faithfulmother, who could not read or write hername, ready with sympathy and ready tohelp find a way.Night after night on the old plantationin Virginia did this mother bend overthe bundle of rags where her baby layand whisper a prayer to heaven that"Massa Lincoln" might succeed and makeher and the boy free; and when at lastthey were called with the other slaves tothe "big house" to hear the emancipation proclamation read, with tears of joyrolling down her black face she explainedto him what It meant and* that this wasthe day for which she had prayed so longbut feared she would never live to see.Like most of the slaves, this womantested her freedom by leaving the plantation.* Not until they had done thisadoj^ed names different from those ofthefr former owners did the negroe3 fe»;ltha'f they were really free. ¦; ¦With her three children she went toJoin h<*r husband In the Kanawha Valleyin West Virginia, and through a merechild Booker was put to work in the salt:furnaces, where his father was employedas packer.Every packer had a number for his barrels, and "IS," his stepfather's number,was the first thing Booker Washingtonever learned In the way of book knowledge. To this day he never sees the number that it does not make an impressionon him. He does not count it his luckynumber, but he likes It.Booker Washington confesses superstition. He believes every one has superstitions. He would rather not have berth13 in a sleeping car or room 13 in a hotel;and on no account would he go into ahouse with an ax over his shoulder, forthis was one of the old plantation badlosses from fear of giving any chance forcriticism, but. nevertheless, they win byeo doing.Such results are by no means surprising If one considers the foundation uponwhich many of the general rules arefounded. Many of our strict long stiltplayers are not disappointed at their failure to bring In the suit opened originally.Many times from the start they look forno such outcome. The suit is led as thebest defensive measure, with the knowledge that in the long run less harm canrome from the opening than from an experimental or short lead, with the chancesin favor of materiallyassistlng opponent.And, as a general thing, partner's mindIs at once relieved of the necessity ofguarding against that particular suit aaan element of danger, whereas when artiort opening Is made he may be compelled to exert his energies to protecthimself against a run on that suft.So seldom is he strengthened by th€Fhort lead that It hardly compensatesfor the burden which the possibility thatpartner's lead may be short places uponhim. By avoiding risks of this nature theplayers who are satisfied to open theirbest suits In regard to number-showingleads, resort to few experiments and nodeceptions, so far as partner is concerned,are the hardest ones to defeat. While forone to be content to be only a poor playerIs censurable, there is a happy mediumbetween the ironbound following of rules,and the player that is never to be depended upon. The followers of the longsuit game find they are able to meet thevarying conditions as presented by thedevelopment of a hand, after an openingIn' accordance with strict long-suit principles, and derive fully as much enjoyment from that exercise of skill and closeattention in the middle and end of game,thus made possible, as do those whoseopenings are largely speculative.Among the most common of the mistakes committed by those who are Inclined to play hastily, or to strive formore than there is in a hand, a few maybe enumerated as follows: •Bold trump leads— when partner hasshown by every means in his power thattarac are not desired.Disregard of ordinary rules— under theEASY LESSONS IN WHISTBY MRS. E. P. SCHELL.THE most expert of whist playersiKeds to bo on his or her guard forf>ar of losing tricks more through«-are|eKsness or overreaching ambition than he can ever hope to gain1-y any maneuver or brilliant play. It isa well-known and a recognized fact that1'layers of a limited amount of experiencebl>d little skill will often win over thoseof considerable reputation as expert whisiplayers simply because they do not attempt impossibilities. With a fair knowledge of the laws of the game, they playwith a regularity often very effective,knowing rery little and caring less aboutthe different new systems or methodswhich their opponents may employ, andlittle about the finesse or plays bearingsuch alluring terms. They take the trick3that come their way with exasperatingcoolness. They may possibly look upontl.eir adversaries with a great dfgree of*we. a lid in consequence avoid manyP from slavery to ft plaoe of honora among the great men of the na.tjon is the achievement of BookerTsll&fcrro WasiingTca.Bern In a hovel, to * heritage otigmorance and bondage, be has pushedforward uctil he stands elbow to elty>wwith leaders of thought, the freest of th«freo.Horn a black man, he has proved thata man 1 !? a man regardless of the color ofhis Fkln.Booker Washington la proud of hisrace, glad that he was bcrn a negro. Tohim success Is measured r.ot by the position a rr.aa* has reached but by the ob6taclf? lie hsu» overcome.Of himself he talks freely, without em-Tiarrassment for the past or boastfulnessOf the present. He takes himself forgranted and expect* others to do th«tame.In his speech there la no trace of negrodialect. He has the soft Southern voice,but with less of the slur than one hearseverywhere among the white people ofthe South.In repose his face would be serious butfor the cheerful, optimistic upward turnof the line of his mouth, a mouth at oncefirm ar.d sensitive. His fearless gray eyeglances from beneath a heavy brow, andthe lines that deepen eo readily at thecomers betoken a cer.se of humor neverdormant-There Is determination In his firm, befooled tread. In the tight, quick grasp ofthe hand that he extends in greetingwith every confidence that it will not belc fused.His broad shoulders are rounded frommuch bending over books— perhaps, too.from the heavy toil of salt furnace and. • i\ mloe where he had his first taste ofWith head bent forward and eyes lowered he seems not to notice what is going on about him. least of all whetherpeople are looking at him. - But the oldcolored woman at Tuskegee was rightv.hTi said:"Un< !e Booker Is the beatinest man Iever seo. He jes ¦walks 'lor.g wld his headdown like he <Joan see nuffln; but darain't a teat kin git by him."Uncle Booker— yes, he is Uncle Bookerto every negro In the South, from theyoungest urchin to the oldest blackmammy, and no prouder title would heask than this voluntary tribute of affection.Hooker Washington does not know just¦vi hen or where he was born. It wasf nmewhere in Virginia, and the year wasIESS <>r 1£3.What, in those days, was one blackpickaninny more or less? He might asvr-!l have been a new kitten or a colt for5i!i the notice he pot.Of his ancestry beyond his mother hekrows nothing. No doubt they came overin slave ships from Africa."In the days of slavery," he says, "notir.uch attention was raid to family records—that is. black family records."Of his father he knows even less thanof his nother— r.ot even h'.s name. Heban !.• trd that he was a white man livingon a nearby plantation.His earliest memories Are of the slavequarters en the Burroughs plantation InVirginia, where his mother was the plantation <onk. Here as a b\)y he rolled¦boot on -a pile of rags on the dirt floor,e!iakir.fr his little black fists at a ¦worldthat would treat a negro baby fo.The cabin had r.o windows. The doorwas not big enough for the opening, andwide crarks in the Fides made the "cathole" down in the corner quite superfluous.In these surroundings he grew up asIn^st hr mig-ht. for his mother had littletime to give to him and his brother andelster."Did I play any?"He thought for an Instant as he sat Inthe chair, his hands thrust deep In hispockets, his brad bent srightly forward,his gray ryes Ebadtd by drooping upperlids.As he ta'ke he looks straight at you outof these half-closed eyes that have ahabit cf opening suddenly very wide, asif to emphasize the things that most interest him."Not ur.t;l that question was asked merecently had it occurred to me that therehas been no period of my life devoted toplay. From the time I can rememberanything almost every day of my life hasbeen full of work. Although but a littleTHE SUNDAY CALL..mistaken impression that it could makeno difference in the result.False carding— when partner Is playingan aggressive game and should be givenexact Information.Finessing In one's own' suit— when thechance to lose equals the chance to gain,and there Is • no compensating advantageIn ¦ position possible, in case the finesseBOOKER TALIAFERRO WASHINGTONTHE MANTo-day is published in TheSunday Call the second install-ment of "When KnighthoodWas in' Flower," by CharlesMajor. This novel has truth-fully been called the mostcharming love story everu-ritten. As a drama it hasbeen one of the greatest suc-cesses that . Julia Marloweever played. "When Knight-hood Was in Flower" will bepublished complete in threeissues of the Sunday Call,January 11,» 18 and 25. Thestory is illustrated by thespecial flashlight photo-graphs taken by Byron, thegrreat New York photog-rapher, especially for HissHarlowe.